17
Apr
RYCO and OSCE Host Training and Forum on Youth, Peace and Security in Budva
The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) local branch in Montenegro organized a three-day training titled “Capacity Building for Representatives of...
1
Apr
Next Stop Podgorica: Regional Leadership Tour Continues in Montenegro
The next stop of RYCO’s Leadership Regional Tour took place in Montenegro, bringing together senior leadership, institutional partners, international stakeholders,...
3
Mar
Supporting Young Cultural Practitioners: WB Youth Cultural Fund Achievements Presented in Montenegro
Podgorica, March 2 – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro organized an event aimed at promoting the achievements of grantees...
10
Feb
High-Level Superschools Visit Highlights Student Exchange in Montenegro
Kotor - On February 6th, 2026, a high-level visit was held to one of the awarded Superschools programs, implemented as...
12
Dec
Conference “Berlin Process Youth Forum – Conclusions and Recommendations in the Context of Montenegro” Held in Parliament
The Parliament of Montenegro today hosted the conference “Berlin Process Youth Forum – Conclusions and Recommendations in the Context of...
1
Dec
YPS Training Held in Montenegro: Strengthening Capacities of Schools and Civil Society for the Youth, Peace and Security Agenda
The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, organized a three-day training from 28...
15
Oct
RYCO Goes to Berlin: Study Visit with the Delegation of the Parliament of Montenegro
A delegation of the Parliament of Montenegro took part in a three-day study visit to Berlin within the programme “Exchange...
26
Sep
RISE Local Forum in Podgorica: Youth Driving Change
The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), in cooperation with IEC Tehnopolis and partners, held the RISE Local Forum on September...
4
Sep
Meet the Superschools in Montenegro – Exchange and mobility of high school students in the WB6 for reconciliation and better regional cooperation
Today in Podgorica, a “Meet the Superschools” event was held, during which agreements were signed with nine Montenegrin schools whose...
23
Jun
Youth in Action: SHAPE THE FUTURE 2025 – Regional Summer Camp in Berane Gathered 50 Young People from the Western Balkans
From June 16 to 21, Berane, a small town in northeastern Montenegro, became a meeting point for young changemakers from...
12
Jun
RYCO and OSCE organized Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) Conference in Podgorica
Montenegrin MPs sign Declaration committing them to enhanced co-operation with youth Podgorica- Montenegrin MPs have committed to establishing regular dialogue...
16
Apr
RYCO Montenegro Strengthens Ties with the Office of the President to Boost Youth Engagement in European Integration
The Head of the Local Branch of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) in Montenegro, Edin Koljenovic, and Program Coordinator...
17
Mar
Empowering Youth in Politics: Young Leaders Unite in Budva for Dialogue and Cooperation
Young leaders from twelve political parties gathered in Budva from March 11 to 13 to discuss strategies for involving young...
21
Feb
RYCO meets with the Head of OSCE Mission in Montenegro
The Head of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) Local Branch in Montenegro, Edin Koljenović, welcomed the newly appointed Head...
19
Feb
Building Bridges Through Youth Exchange: Superschools Program Meets High Officials to Strengthen Regional Cooperation in Nikšić
On February 18, 2025, a high-level visit was held to one of the awarded Superschools programs, implemented as part of...
30
Dec
Advancing the Youth, Peace, and Security Agenda: Local Actions Across the Western Balkans
Efforts to localize the Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) agenda across the Western Balkans have brought together youth, civil society,...
17
Dec
RYCO’s Partnership Role in Promotion of the 4th Generation of Young European Ambassadors (YEAs) on Zlatibor
Zlatibor - From December 6th to 8th, RYCO played a pivotal role as a partner organization in the promotion of...
25
Nov
Celebrating Five Years of RISE: Empowering Change Across the Western Balkans
In the course of this year, RISE reached the milestone of five years since its establishment in the region for building social entrepreneurship and empowered youth in the Western Balkans. Celebrations marking this anniversary took place in Tirana, Sarajevo,...
12
Nov
Capacity building training for CSO representatives within the RYCOnnecting You(th) 6th Open Call for project proposals
Budva - A three-day capacity-building training on crafting project applications focused on youth mobility, cooperation, activism, and intercultural learning was...
11
Sep
Meet the Superschools in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Exchange and Mobility of High School Students in the Western Balkans for Reconciliation and Better Regional Cooperation
Sarajevo- 16 schools from Bosnia and Herzegovina have been awarded the title of “Super School” this year, and their proposed...
5
Sep
Meet the Superschools in Montenegro - Exchange and mobility of high school students in the Western Balkans contributes to reconciliation and better regional cooperation
PODGORICA - 5 schools from Montenegro received the title of "Superschool" this year, and their conceptual projects, which will contribute...
25
Jun
WB Youth Cultural Fund Local Training in Montenegro
Bijelo Pole - Capacity building training for writing project proposals and project implementation was held between 21st and 23rd of...
20
May
RYCO and Parliament of Montenegro Forge Path for Youth Empowerment and Regional Cooperation
PODGORICA – Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr. Edin Koljenović met with Vice President of the Parliament...
29
Mar
RYCO Youth Talk in Podgorica Highlights Importance of Youth Empowerment and Inclusion in the Processes of Cooperation in the Western Balkans
Podgorica, March 28, 2024 - The RYCO Youth Talk held in the premisses of European House in Podgorica echoed a...
The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) local branch in Montenegro organized a three-day training titled “Capacity Building for Representatives of Local Governments…
The next stop of RYCO’s Leadership Regional Tour took place in Montenegro, bringing together senior leadership, institutional partners, international stakeholders, and program…
Supporting Young Cultural Practitioners: WB Youth Cultural Fund Achievements Presented in Montenegro
Podgorica, March 2 – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro organized an event aimed at promoting the achievements of grantees supported through…
Kotor – On February 6th, 2026, a high-level visit was held to one of the awarded Superschools programs, implemented as part of…
The Parliament of Montenegro today hosted the conference “Berlin Process Youth Forum – Conclusions and Recommendations in the Context of Montenegro”, organized…
The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, organized a three-day training from 28 to 30…
A delegation of the Parliament of Montenegro took part in a three-day study visit to Berlin within the programme “Exchange of Experiences…
The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), in cooperation with IEC Tehnopolis and partners, held the RISE Local Forum on September 25 in…
Today in Podgorica, a “Meet the Superschools” event was held, during which agreements were signed with nine Montenegrin schools whose projects were…
From June 16 to 21, Berane, a small town in northeastern Montenegro, became a meeting point for young changemakers from the Western…
Montenegrin MPs sign Declaration committing them to enhanced co-operation with youth Podgorica- Montenegrin MPs have committed to establishing regular dialogue with youth…
The Head of the Local Branch of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) in Montenegro, Edin Koljenovic, and Program Coordinator Bojana Lalatovic,…
Young leaders from twelve political parties gathered in Budva from March 11 to 13 to discuss strategies for involving young people in…
The Head of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) Local Branch in Montenegro, Edin Koljenović, welcomed the newly appointed Head of the…
On February 18, 2025, a high-level visit was held to one of the awarded Superschools programs, implemented as part of the second…
Efforts to localize the Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) agenda across the Western Balkans have brought together youth, civil society, and policymakers…
Zlatibor – From December 6th to 8th, RYCO played a pivotal role as a partner organization in the promotion of the 4th…
In the course of this year, RISE reached the milestone of five years since its establishment in the region for building social entrepreneurship and empowered youth in the Western Balkans. Celebrations marking this anniversary took place in Tirana, Sarajevo, Pristina, Podgorica,…
Budva – A three-day capacity-building training on crafting project applications focused on youth mobility, cooperation, activism, and intercultural learning was organized by…
Sarajevo- 16 schools from Bosnia and Herzegovina have been awarded the title of “Super School” this year, and their proposed projects, which…
PODGORICA – 5 schools from Montenegro received the title of “Superschool” this year, and their conceptual projects, which will contribute further to…
Bijelo Pole – Capacity building training for writing project proposals and project implementation was held between 21st and 23rd of June in…
PODGORICA – Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr. Edin Koljenović met with Vice President of the Parliament of Montenegro…
Podgorica, March 28, 2024 – The RYCO Youth Talk held in the premisses of European House in Podgorica echoed a resounding message…
Bečići – Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) in Montenegro in cooperation with Youth Network of Montenegro organized “Capacity Building Training in the…
BAR– RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized Capacity Building Training for 14 representatives…
BUDVA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized the second “Training on Intercultural…
BAR – Students and teachers of Secondary Vocational School Bar and Contemporary Art High School from Tuzla organized a theater play in…
PODGORICA – Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro – Mr Edin Koljenović held a productive meeting with the Democratization Program…
Podgorica – The high temperature didn’t stop us from working hard this week. After a long break, Hajde students from the region…
RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro organized a three-day Intercultural Youth Eco Camp in cooperation with the local NGO from the north-…
WESTERN BALKANS/JAPAN – Are you intrigued by Japanese culture? Would you like to immerse yourself in a 7-day cultural experience that lets…
BUDVA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro organized Leadership and Management Training for RYCO management with the support of the OSCE…
PODGORICA – Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro, Mr.Edin Koljenović and the French Ambassador, Mr. Christian Thimonier, held a meeting…
PODGORICA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro, Mr Edin Koljenović met with the Director of the Directorate for…
Munich, Berlin – Head of RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro, Mr. Edin Koljenović and Program Officer, Ms. Bojana Lalatović, took part…
KOLAŠIN – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro organized a Youth Camp on “Intercultural Competencies in Sports” in Kolašin, from 8 to…
PODGORICA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the Embassies of France and Germany and with the French…
PLJEVLJA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the Council of Europe organized the activity Block the Hatred.…
BUDVA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized the first Capacity Building Training…
BUDVA – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized Capacity Building Training for representatives…
PODGORICA – RYCO is launching an open call for participation in the Capacity Building Training for Young Journalists on Intercultural dialogue and…
WESTERN BALKANS/GERMANY – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office, in partnership with the German Federal Government, has selected an entry of a young…
RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro supported a four-day Eco Camp organized by the NGO Euromost for the third year in a…
WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office, in partnership with the German Federal Government, organizes an open call for the design…
Budva, Montenegro – The EU Western Balkan Students Integration Summer Camp, a 3-day event consisting of workshops and training sessions, was organized…
PODGORICA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović met with the newly appointed State Secretary of…
Montenegro – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) in Montenegro, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of France, organized three…
BUDVA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro organized a Youth Camp on Intercultural Competencies in Sports in Budva from 19…
BERANE – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of France organized Youth Talks…
PODGORICA – Representative of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mrs Bojana Lalatovic met with the representatives of International Visegrad Fund…
PODGORICA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović met National Erasmus+ Coordinator Ms Vanja Drljević and Representative…
OHRID – The RYCO Local Branch Office in North Macedonia and the OSCE Mission to Skopje organized four-day training for RYCO senior…
HERCEG NOVI – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the Embassy of the French Republic, supported by the…
PODGORICA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Faculty of Political Science, University of…
PODGORICA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović met with European Youth Card (EYCA) Director of…
WESTERN BALKANS – Since 2011, every 24 March marks the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights…
ROUTE WB6 Volunteer Caravan journey successfully concluded in Tirana WESTERN BALKANS – After a week of travelling throughout the region, conducting volunteering…
PODGORICA – As a part of the final stage of the ROUTE WB6 project, promoting youth mobility, volunteering and peacebuilding in the…
PRISTINA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) organized a capacity building training within the RYCO Superschools Exchange Programme for 60 secondary…
WESTERN BALKANS – For the second year in a row, two social businesses from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia…
Podgorica – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office’s (RYCO) Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the GIZ organized meeting entitled “Meet…
PODGORICA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) organized a final event within its EU-supported project “Enhancing Youth Cooperation and Youth Exchange…
WESTERN BALKANS – As 27 January 2022 is the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it commemorates the 77th anniversary of the liberation of…
WESTERN BALKANS – On the occasion of the International Day of Education with the topic “Changing course, transforming education”, sixty secondary schools…
PODGORICA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović and Youth Representative of Montenegro in the RYCO…
New Year’s gatherings are synonymous for good mood and a positive atmosphere, especially when you feel like everyone is eagerly waiting for…
The ‘Hajde!’ platform (www.hajde.media) is a new online meeting place for all young people who are interested in active participation in and…
WESTERN BALKANS – After recently launching the youth platform “Hajde!”, RYCO wants to present it to you – the youth of the…
WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan thank all the applicants…
CETINJE – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in partnership with the Directorate of Sports and Youth of Montenegro, supported by…
TIRANA – Within the regional program for students of journalism, a project funded by the Federal Republic of Germany, the Regional Youth…
PODGORICA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović welcomed recently appointed Head of the OSCE Mission…
TIRANA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) organized the conference “A Better Region Starts with Volunteering” in Tirana on 7-8 December…
TIRANA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO), the Minister of State for Youth and Children of Albania and the Ministry of…
BUDVA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro and the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized the Final Design and Validation Workshop…
ROME/WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO Secretary General Mr Albert Hani said that young people should stay in the Western Balkans because they are…
PORTOROŽ – National EEPA coordinators of Montenegro and Serbia have awarded the RISE (Regional Incubator for Social Entrepreneurs) project as the national…
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/MONTENEGRO/SERBIA – Within the third RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, supported by the Federal Republic of Germany, the Center…
KOTOR – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro, supported by the French Embassy in Montenegro, organized the fifth Intercultural Youth Hub,…
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/MONTENEGRO/NORTH MACEDONIA – Within the third RYCO Open Call for Project Proposals, supported by the Federal Republic of Germany, the…
WESTERN BALKANS – The International Day for Tolerance was first proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996, as a reminder…
FRUŠKA GORA – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) has successfully concluded the Regional Strategy Forum aimed at gathering inputs from the…
BELGRADE – Our colleagues from the RYCO Local Branch Office in Serbia hosted the “2nd Meeting of the Umbrella Youth Organizations from…
WESTERN BALKANS – RYCO is seeking for a service provider to carry through out the region a comprehensive communication and visibility campaign…
Petrovac – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović took part in the School of Political Studies…
WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for supply and production of branded…
WESTERN BALKANS/JAPAN – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) are implementing the youth…
WESTERN BALAKANS – With the support of the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is starting the…
PODGORICA – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in cooperation with the Ministry for Education, Science, Culture and Sports organized an…
WESTERN BALKANS – The RISE project selected 129 young entrepreneurs gathered in 47 teams coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro,…
WESTERN BALKANS – The newly initiated RYCO Superschools Western Balkans School Exchange Scheme is part of a multi-donor project co-financed by the…
KOLAŠIN – The RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro organized a Youth Camp on Intercultural Competencies in Sports that took place in…
WESTERN BALKANS – The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is inviting tenderers to submit their offers for travel management and other related…
WESTERN BALKANS – The Youth Entrepreneurial Service Foundation (YES Foundation) from North Macedonia in partnership with the Innovation Centre Banja Luka from…
PODGORICA – Within the new RYCO strategy development process supported by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the RYCO Local Branch Office…
WESTERN BALKANS – Applications for the RYCO Superschools Exchange Scheme are now open. This newly established opportunity for schools, students, and teachers…
PODGORICA – Head of the RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović participated in the final press conference of the…
WESTERN BALKANS – Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. Established in 1981 by…
ROME/WESTERN BALKANS – The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is proud to convene the EU-Balkan Youth Forum next 22-26…
